NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
SCW is seeking a Solution Architect to work on its exciting portfolio of digital projects, primarily on network, cloud, infrastructure, and modern workplace projects.
Working closely with and supported by the Solutions Architects, your function is the delivery of complex new services for our internal and external customers and partners. You will be involved in the Azure public cloud space and Modern Workplace projects using Intune on the NHS Shared Tenant. Other areas of specialist projects include enterprise-wide enhancements to Identity, Security, BYOD, Device Management, and Big Data (Trusted Research Environments).
This is an interesting, dynamic role with a wide scope of work and opportunities to lead change.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Provide subject matter expertise in the above domains.
2. Liaise with stakeholders, communicating highly complex technical concepts and issues clearly and accurately, adapting communication style to suit the recipient.
3. Produce high-quality written information that clearly sets out architecture designs (HLD, LLD), roadmaps, key issues, options, and outcomes.
4. Communicate effectively with stakeholders, demonstrating good reasoning and negotiation skills.
5. Contribute to the technical delivery of a service, ensuring it is cost-effective and delivered on time within agreed budgets.
6. Work cooperatively and productively with others to achieve results within the team.
You will be expected to work independently under the guidance of one of our Senior SMEs, translating basic customer requirements into a design.
About Us
You will be working in a close-knit team, currently consisting of 3 Senior Solution Architects and 8 Programme delivery resources.
This role can be delivered in a flexible hybrid way, with any travel, site visits, or meetings arranged by agreement on a very occasional basis. We are a geographically dispersed team and make good use of MS Teams to create a virtual working environment.
Applicants should be aware that you may not be eligible for skilled worker sponsorship if you apply for this post. If you require sponsorship, please check your eligibility via this link or contact us via email at scw.peopleresourceinternal@nhs.net to confirm the requirements of sponsorship can be met.
Job Responsibilities
For further information on our specific requirements for this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
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Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
* Aspirational
* Insightful
* Respectful
Education
* Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
* Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development.
* Member of a relevant professional body.
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
* Experience of leading a team across multiple workstreams, managing conflicting priorities.
* Experience of conducting staff performance reviews.
* Understanding of commercial awareness and approaches to service delivery organisations.
* Understanding of the public sector.
* A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
Skills & Capabilities
* Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders/customers, both internal and external.
* Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
* Ability to make autonomous decisions on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and within financial constraints.
* Excellent customer service skills; team working skills; self-motivated; ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
* Experience of delivering detailed design, documentation, and successful implementation of new or changed operational processes.
* Ability to interpret contracts and SLAs to ensure effective delivery within the terms of the agreement.
* Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers, and present complex information to large groups.
* Excellent understanding of infrastructure management, backup methodologies, and implementation.
* Experience in hybrid cloud technologies and migration of on-prem to Public Cloud services.
* Excellent understanding of data centre compute and storage technologies.
* Experience in technically architecting an enterprise-scale routing and switching infrastructure.
* Experience in technically supporting enterprise-scale data centre architectures and technologies.
* Experience of the design, documentation, and successful implementation of new or changed enterprise architectures.
* Evidence of managing large-scale 3rd party contracts.
* Experience in supporting and implementing public Cloud services (Azure).
* Evidence of commercial awareness ensuring solutions are commercially viable and deliver to Return on Investment forecasts.
Employer Name
NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Head of Enterprise Architecture & Design
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